Gate.



J R. CLARK.

v GATE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 19l9.

Patefited Mar. 11,1919.

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i To kill it 1 Be it known 'that 1, JAMES citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State ofKentucky, have invented a newand useful Gate, of Which'the following is a specifi-- cation. i

This invention relates to gatesand is more especially an improvement upon zthe structure shown in Patent on March 25, 1902. z 7

It .has been the'p'ractice to ship the gate and its operating mechanism to the. user in a knock down condition with suitable instructions whereby, it might be set up without requiring the services of a; skilled mechanic. The mechanism covered bythej pat ent referred to could only be used upon a gate designed to swing open when moved in one direction. If a gate was designed to be opened to the right but should be set up by the purchaser with the idea of having it open to the left, the parts could not be properly assembled so as to produce an operative structure and, as a result, some dissatisfaction and delays have resulted.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a gate operating mechanism which can be set up readily so as to open a gate toward the right or to the left, the various parts of the operating mechanism being easily assembled and said mechanism working as efficiently when set up in either of the ways mentioned.

With the foregoing and other. objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims it being understood that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts, without departing from the spirit, or sacrificing any of'the advantages of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gate having the operating mechanism. constituting the first invention, 7 V

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the links of the operating mechanism.

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i Fig. 3 is asec'tion' on line 3-3, Fig..2.;

Referring to'thefigures by characters of reference 1 designates a post to which a gate .f 2 is hingedly connected. Additional posts 3 are set up at opposite sides of the'post' 1 and at one side of the roadway, there being an operating lever 4 hingedly mounted -be-\. tween its ends on each post. I These levers,- extend toward each other and terminateadjacent the upper end of the post 1 where they are provided with downwardly converging chains 5 secured at their lower; ends to the upper end of a rod6, The lower end of this rod has a stem 7 which is bent; laterally ;as shown in Fig. 3 and terminates in a downwardly extending lug 8 constituting a retaining foot A bearing block 9 is located between the post 1 and one of the posts 3 and hingedly connected thereto is a link 10 formed of side strips 11 secured together in any manner desired but providing a space therebetween. F ixedly secured between the side strips of the links 10 at a point between the ends thereof is a block 12 having a downwardly extending fork 13 each member of which has an opening 14 therein. The stem 7 is insertible into each one of these openings 14.: and when so inserted the lug 8 will rest against. the inner side of the forkas shown in Fig. 3, thus preventing withdrawal of the stem 7 from the fork unless the rod 6 should be moved downwardly to a substantially horizontal position.

Another link 15 is pivotally connected, between its ends, to the free end of the link 10 and one end of this link 15 is pivotally connected, as at 16 to the gate 2 while its other end extends over the link 11 to form a weight 17 It will be understood that when it is desired to have the gate swing to the right when opened, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, the parts are to be assembled as shown in said figure whereas, should it be desired to swing the gate to the left or opto the other side of the gate. In either event a' slight downward pull on the outer end of one of the levers 14 will cause the connected ends of the links 10 and 15 to move up- Wardly, the weighted end 17 of link 15 passing over the pivoted or anchored end of the link 10 and then moving downwardly so that the gate will thus be swung from one extreme position to the other, as disclosed in my patent hereinbefore mentioned. Bysproviding the chain 5, a proper connection is always provided between the levers .4: and the rod 6 whether the parts be setup for a right hand or 2. left hand gate. It will be noted that no fastening devices such as bolts or the like are necessary for connecting the rod 6 to the fork 13.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a swinging gate, of 'pivotally connected links, means for an choring one of the links for swinging movement, a pivotal connection between the other link and the gate, the last named link having an extension constituting a weight adapted to lap the anchored link, a fork connected to and depending from the anchored link, an operating lever, a rod connected to theoperating lever, and a stem upon the rod and in- Gopies of this patent may be obtained tor five cents each,

eer/nee links being anchored to the ground and the other link being connected to the gate, of a Stork extending downwardly from the anchored link, there being an aperture in each member of the fork, operating levers, a rod, flexible connections'between'the rod and'the operating levers, a laterally extending stem at the lower endof therOCL and'a retaining foot or lug at the free 'endof .the stem, said lug'and stem-being insertibleintoone of the apertures when the rod is out of normal or upstanding position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto 'alii'xed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. I

JAMES R. CLARK.

Witnesses 0. D. RANDOLPH, Mrs. GWEN 'GHArMAN.

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